NASA managers will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. CST (Noon Eastern time) today at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss the next space shuttle mission, STS-133, and the progress of repairs since Discovery’s original launch delay Nov. 5.
The news conference follows Thursday’s Space Shuttle Program Requirements Control Board meeting. Program officials reviewed repairs and engineering evaluations associated with cracks on two 21-foot-long, U-shaped aluminum brackets called stringers on the shuttle’s external tank.
The briefing participants are Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations; John Shannon, Space Shuttle Program manager and Mike Suffredini, International Space Station Program manager.
The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv